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|  | Prisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone
John von Neumann invented the digital computer, played a key role in the development of the atom bomb, constructed a branch of mathematics known as game theory, and became a defender of a movement to bomb the Russians before they could bomb us. Now comes a biography of this controversial genius and an exploration of his greatest idea--one that nearly triggered a nuclear war in 1950. Photographs. AUTHOR: William Poundstone
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Henry the VIII & His Chopping Block by Alan MacDonald, Philip Reeve
Description not available.Recounts the life of the English king best known for his multiple marriages, and looks at his times, the many people he ordered executed, religious changes, relationships with other monarchs, court life, and related matters. AUTHOR: Alan MacDonald, Philip Reeve
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hollywood Remembered by Paul Zollo
Description not available.A collection of reminiscences from the people who made Hollywood a major industry and an American institution presents the words of directors, actors, screenwriters, gaffs, doormen, and taxi drivers on the subject. AUTHOR: Paul Zollo
PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Jarhead by Anthony Swofford, Anthony H. Swofford
Extraordinary--full of insights into the minds and rucksacks of our latter-day warriors.
Extraordinary--full of insights into the minds and rucksacks of our latter-day warriors.
AUTHOR: Anthony Swofford, Anthony H. Swofford
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen
Description not available.Life isn't easy for a sixteen-year-old migrant worker, especially since he travels alone from place to place, but he manages with each passing day, and when the opportunity to join the carnival presents itself, he takes a chance at a new opportunity and possibly a new future. Reprint. AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Revolution at the Gates by Slavo Zizek
The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesn't he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century world political scene? Lenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here, from Lenin-the-ingenious-revolutionarystrategist to Lenin-of-the-enactedutopia. To use Kierkegaard's phrase, what we can glimpse in these writings is Lenin-in-becoming: not yet Lenin-the-Soviet-institution, but Lenin thrown into an open, contingent situation. 1917 writings in their historical context, while his Afterword tackles the key question of whether Lenin can be reinvented in our era of 'cultural capitalism, Zizek is convinced: whatever the discussion-the forthcoming crisis of capitalism, the possibility of a redeeming violence, the falsity of liberal tolerance-he believes that Lenin's time has come again. AUTHOR: Slavo Zizek
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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